Metallophytes in Latin America: a remarkable biological and genetic resource scarcely known and studied in the region

In Latin America, metallic ores are abundant and diverse. However, few metal-tolerant and metal hyperaccumulator plants have been reported in the region in comparison with other areas of the world. This may be largely explained by the scarcity of scientific studies of the native vegetation growing o...

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Autores principales:	GINOCCHIO,ROSANNA, BAKER,ALAN J.M.
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2004
Materias:	hyperaccumulators metal-tolerant plants biodiversity metal ores biogeochemistry
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0716-078X20040001000142004-06-11Metallophytes in Latin America: a remarkable biological and genetic resource scarcely known and studied in the regionGINOCCHIO,ROSANNABAKER,ALAN J.M. hyperaccumulators metal-tolerant plants biodiversity metal ores biogeochemistry In Latin America, metallic ores are abundant and diverse. However, few metal-tolerant and metal hyperaccumulator plants have been reported in the region in comparison with other areas of the world. This may be largely explained by the scarcity of scientific studies of the native vegetation growing on natural mineralized or metal-contaminated areas and the unfrequent use of biogeochemical prospecting techniques by the local mining industry, rather than the proven absence of these plants. Latin America is, however, an area where metal-tolerant and hyperaccumulator plants (metallophytes) should be found, not only because of the wealth of ore deposits and associated metal polluted areas, but also due to its high and unique plant diversity. If plant formations developed over natural mineral outcrops are not evaluated before ore extraction, we can loose key metal tolerant species and/or genotypes (ecotypes) forever which may be useful for the mitigation of environmental problems generated by the mining industry itself (e.g., phytoextraction, phytostabilization, and phytomining)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileRevista chilena de historia natural v.77 n.1 20042004-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2004000100014en10.4067/S0716-078X2004000100014
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spellingShingle	hyperaccumulators metal-tolerant plants biodiversity metal ores biogeochemistry GINOCCHIO,ROSANNA BAKER,ALAN J.M. Metallophytes in Latin America: a remarkable biological and genetic resource scarcely known and studied in the region
description	In Latin America, metallic ores are abundant and diverse. However, few metal-tolerant and metal hyperaccumulator plants have been reported in the region in comparison with other areas of the world. This may be largely explained by the scarcity of scientific studies of the native vegetation growing on natural mineralized or metal-contaminated areas and the unfrequent use of biogeochemical prospecting techniques by the local mining industry, rather than the proven absence of these plants. Latin America is, however, an area where metal-tolerant and hyperaccumulator plants (metallophytes) should be found, not only because of the wealth of ore deposits and associated metal polluted areas, but also due to its high and unique plant diversity. If plant formations developed over natural mineral outcrops are not evaluated before ore extraction, we can loose key metal tolerant species and/or genotypes (ecotypes) forever which may be useful for the mitigation of environmental problems generated by the mining industry itself (e.g., phytoextraction, phytostabilization, and phytomining)
author	GINOCCHIO,ROSANNA BAKER,ALAN J.M.
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title	Metallophytes in Latin America: a remarkable biological and genetic resource scarcely known and studied in the region
title_short	Metallophytes in Latin America: a remarkable biological and genetic resource scarcely known and studied in the region
title_full	Metallophytes in Latin America: a remarkable biological and genetic resource scarcely known and studied in the region
title_fullStr	Metallophytes in Latin America: a remarkable biological and genetic resource scarcely known and studied in the region
title_full_unstemmed	Metallophytes in Latin America: a remarkable biological and genetic resource scarcely known and studied in the region
title_sort	metallophytes in latin america: a remarkable biological and genetic resource scarcely known and studied in the region
publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate	2004
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Metallophytes in Latin America: a remarkable biological and genetic resource scarcely known and studied in the region

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